Abstract
The aim of the paper is to determine the content and structure of a basic metaphorical concept BODY identified in the Pentateuch texts of the English Bible. The nature and mechanism of the metaphorical concept is considered in the light of recent linguo-metaphorological investigations with the emphasis on distinction between the notions of “metaphorical concept” and “conceptual metaphor”. The method used in the research includes procedures of the analysis of metaphorical concepts elaborated by Yu.V. Kravtsova within the semantic- cognitive approach to study of metaphors and modelling of metaphorization. As a result, first, the composition of the content of the metaphorical concept at the semantic and cognitive levels of its stratification was established; second, the identified cognitive features were structurized according to their significance within a given ethno-culture; the third, the hierarchy of senses relevant for the concept bearers was revealed. Overall, the conducted analysis has offered a fresh insight into the author-specific conception of reality as a human body, in its various forms and manifestations.
Highlights
For almost half of a century there has been unfading interest among linguists in issues connected with different aspects of the concept: its origins, evolution, acquiring the status of a mental unit, and others
As our research has shown, the content of the MC BODY is formed by the following representatives and associates: I
As the findings have shown, at the semantic level, the content of the MC BODY is represented by the usual figurative meanings and the occasional metaphorical meanings
Summary
For almost half of a century there has been unfading interest among linguists in issues connected with different aspects of the concept: its origins, evolution, acquiring the status of a mental unit, and others. The recent investigations of metaphorical concepts have proven that a multifaceted phenomenon of “concept” is yet (if ever) to be fully comprehended. In their seminal work “Metaphors we live by”, G. Recent linguo-metaphorological investigations have proven that metaphorical concepts are formations other than conceptual metaphors with distinctive characteristics of their own (Cherkhava, Homyak, Majkowski, 2020; Kravtsova, 2014). The study of these formations becomes a fresh and promising topic of conceptual research. It allows the researcher to penetrate into the language-reasoning depth, and to look at the phenomena of language through the lens of figurative analogue and associative relations revealing the reality that may otherwise remain hidden or lost
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